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The Strategic Repositioning of Arts, Culture and Heritage in the 21st Century
The post-millennium world has been experiencing several recognisable historical milestones with regard to arts, culture and heritage. One of these has been the resuscitation and revival of creative elements of the arts, culture and heritage of previously marginalised or disadvantaged communities around the world. Until recently, there had been scant regard and skewed allocation of resources for these, but lately attempts have been made to promote and sustain them in order to enable the socio-economic aspirations of a multicultural society. The contributions brought together here are the product of papers that were presented during a conference on “Strategic Repositioning of Arts, Culture and Heritage in the 21st Century”. They cover a broad spectrum of subjects such as indigeneity, music, song and identity, politics, national reconciliation, education, product development, and national development.
The Funeral Performances among the Bukusu of Kenya
This book is about interactions in the funeral context among the Bukusu people of Kenya that brings together many religions. The author describes and accounts for hybridity as it is revealed by communicative techniques used by the priest and the comforter in the two communicative genres-the sermon and the traditional public comforting-that belong to the Christian and the Traditional Bukusu religions respectively. By approaching the co-existence of the two religions from a linguistic perspective, the study aims at ascertaining the relationship between the two religions. Dissertation. (Series: Contributions to Africa Research / Beitr�¤ge zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 84) [Subject: Anthropology, African Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology]
The Religious Men in Jebel Marra
"The study investigates how Muslim religious specialists (fuqarâ, sing. fakî) acquire Qur'anic knowledge in the context of the 'communities of practice'. It contextualises the Qur'anic schools of Jebel Marra in the Sudan arguing that the fuqarâ increase their access to knowledge of the Qur'an by socially interacting with each other. The book is grounded in a[n] ethnographic study of Qur'anic memorisation and activities that the fuqarâ perform after graduation from Qur'anic schools. It thus provides a fresh perspective to Islamic learning and epistemology. 'The great value of the study lies in the author's reconstruction of the practices and techniques, cognitive and corporeal, which are systematically employed to memorise the whole of the Qur'an.'"--Page 4 of cover.
Tracks and Traces of Violence
Tracks and Traces of Violence explores the social conditions, political contexts, and cultural spaces of violence in Africa. It is comprised of accounts that underpin the visible and hidden 'tracks and traces' of violence in the memories of traumatized individuals and groups. It also interrogates the gaps, silences, and vacuities of/in these memories, as well as the role they play in shaping the facial contours of our modern societies. Weaving together views from literature, anthropology, art, cultural studies, and museum studies, this book provides deeper insight into the meanings of violent socialities, spatialities, and temporalities, as well as into how they materialize in poetry, fiction, art, and popular culture. (Series: Contributions to African Research / Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 80) [Subject: African Studies, Sociology, Art, Literature, Anthropology]
Translations of Urban Regulation in Relations between Kigali (Rwanda) and Singapore
Following debates on urban policy-mobilities and -learning in Human Geographies the dissertation takes the example of Kigali's masterplan to show how aspirations of Rwandan and Singaporean policy-makers are transformed into concrete urban planning interactions. It provides a close analysis of the practices behind the mobilization of spatial planning expertise. The dissertation traces how planning approaches and regulations are mediated within the interaction between Singaporean and Rwandan actors and ultimately take shape in Kigali's urban space.
Exploring Ethnically-Marked Varieties of Kenyan English
On a quest to satisfy the need for acoustic documentation of pronunciation norms of Standard Kenyan English, there were predominant deviations which identify users of Ethnically Marked Varieties of Kenyan English. The study documents findings on tenets of Ethnic Markedness by two groups that revealed maximally distinct pronunciation. Data collection and analysis encompassed systematic recording, annotation and acoustic scrutiny. Moreover, attitudes that other Kenyans hold toward the selected varieties are exposed. The study is a primary source in the genres of World Englishes, speech science, prosody and interlanguage pronunciation.
Coronavirus: A Book for Children
What is the coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it? Engagingly illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this approachable and timely book helps answer these questions and many more, providing children aged 5-10 and their parents with clear and accessible explanations about the coronavirus and its effects - both from a health perspective and the impact it has on a family’s day-to-day life. With input from expert consultant Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, as well as advice from teachers and child psychologists, this is a practical and informative resource to help explain the changes we are currently all experiencing. The book is free to read and download, but Nosy Crow would like to encourage readers, should they feel in a position to, to make a donation to: https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/
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Im freien Fall
Das Leben macht es den beiden jungen Frauen Judith (26) und Sarah (17) nicht leicht. Als ihre Wege sich kreuzen und es Judith in den Kastanienweg zu der Familie Auerbach verschlägt, hat sie schon Trauriges erlebt. Sarah hingegen ist wohlbehütet in einem harmonischen Elternhaus aufgewachsen. Nun ist es Sommer, und die Welt ist ringsumher in Ordnung – zumindest scheint es so. Eines Tages beschleicht Sibylle Auerbach der Verdacht, dass da irgendetwas in schrecklicher Weise nicht richtig ist. Was ist es, das sich da unter ihnen eingeschlichen hat? Diese unsichtbare, heimliche Bedrohung ihres friedlichen Alltags! Man muss jedoch den Feind erst einmal kennen, bevor man ihn bekämpfen kann! Ein Roman aus dem Kastanienweg
Der Ur-Rhein in Rheinhessen
Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Geologie, Mineralogie, Bodenkunde, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Rhein war vor etwa zehn Millionen Jahren noch ein kleines Flüsschen. Er erreichte nur eine Länge von schätzungsweise 400 Kilometern statt 1324 Kilometern wie heute. Ursprünglich floss er nicht durch die Gegend von Oppenheim, Nierstein, Nackenheim, Mainz, Wiesbaden und Ingelheim. Stattdessen bahnte er sich ab etwa Worms – streckenweise mehr als 20 Kilometer vom jetzigen Rheinbett entfernt – seinen Weg durch Rheinhessen. Im Raum Eppelsheim unweit von Alzey hatte er nur eine Breite von ungefähr 45 bis 60 Metern. Heute ist er bis zu 400 Meter br...
